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another nice and easy day to another nice and easy day. i do have things to do but i will be doing them nice and easy . . . i always have tomorrow.

here are a few images from yesterday at Hermosa Beach. more later with photos from the CSN&Y and The Doors' cover bands. and more photos from the last day of the Fiesta Hermosa. and the surfers. and the waves. maybe a few dogs. and maybe a few other things that caught my eye.

standing on Hermosa Beach pier and looking north

looking south in the direction i live

life at the beach

paddle surfer catching and riding a beautiful wave

beach bike parking (unofficial)

got sumo?

he was in the middle of a 360

hotaru tails and more tales from a lazy sunday

as promised. the search is over. how long had it been? look closely.

firefly, lightning bug, hotaru 蛍, luciole

8pm ______________________________________________

you would think a concert on the sand listening to the wonderful singer Michael Sullivan and his band around sunset would be a good thing. you would think. he was good. the crowd was ... too too many "young" people. am i getting old? does that sound too negative? the thought, "and they are the future of America" actually crossed my mind a few times. Michael played about 5 or 6 songs. i couldn't see him until i left my teenage-claustrophobic place in the sand. his saxman was great (same as from the Manhattan Beach gig last month). the next band was called Rebelution . . . i think that is why the hundreds of teens and 20-somethings were there. it took me awhile to get back to Pier Ave as more and more people were still slowly making there way to the beach at 7pm.

my bus to Hermosa Beach. notice anything different about it?

looks can be deceiving. not my surfboards, or volleyball or towel. i squeezed inside a retaining rope near the front of the sand stage. however by the time the concert started i could not see the stage or musicians because of hundreds of people in front of me. and on my right there were also hundreds of people ("young" people not at all interested in the music).

i arrived around 500p. if it looks crowded then, it got a hundred times more crowded. the ocean is behind me. and actually the crowd goes and goes and goes to the right of where i was standing.

Michael and his band in front of the Hermosa Beach Lifeguard Station. (hundreds and hundreds of people are behind me)

Michael Sullivan "peace out Hermosa" (ok, he didn't really say that).

you never know what you will see while waiting for a bus.

almost caught up . . . not!

well, not really caught up but the laundry is done and i am packing my suitcase for my flight back east tomorrow. (still hoping someone will "pick up" my trip so i can stay home this 4th of July weekend). the sky is blue, kind of. the June Gloom is still hanging out over the ocean to the west. i think i mentioned seeing some cute dogs on sunday. these three were music lovers. we were also listening to Michael Sullivan in Manhattan Beach. there are also a couple of beach photos i took while rollerskating up to Manhattan Beach. and a few from the Riviera Village Summer Festival in downtown Redondo Beach on sunday.

a Jackchi or is it a Jackhuahua?

not sure what this cute bundle of fur is. i remember taking a photo of two of these dogs in Japan in the last few years.

still trying to find out what this one was. the owner said that this dog had recently won Best in Show at a Dog Show in Long Beach.

Michael Sullivan at Manhattan Beach's Metlox Music and Art Sunday Series

Jenny, one of Michael's dearest fans

a real "dog walker" or shall i say "dog carrier". they listened to the music for awhile but then i think the puppy got a little sleepy listening to the soothing sounds of Michael.

young rockers at the Riviera Village Summer Festival in Redondo Beach

aloha on sunday

concentrating on her hula-ing as well as her shaka-ing

life at Hermosa Beach

life at Manhattan Beach

coincidently i took this photo this morning on the way to the market

these Softbank commercials have been popular for a year or two now in Japan. i watched several of them today and will add another tomorrow before leaving for the airport. yes, the dog is the Father. no, i did not go to the gym today.

Erin Go Bragh and Hermosa Beach too

i should be on my way to Osaka on tuesday, St. Patrick's Day but i was able to enjoy some St. Patrick's Day festivities as Hermosa Beach celebrated early.  in case you didn't make it to Hermosa today, here are some images from the parade and festival.

and as bonus to today's enjoyable day which included a parade, Irish step dancers, live music provided by Wrath of McGrath, people watching/photo taking (still not completely happy with my new camera), i met an old friend as i was walking back up Pier Avenue. Bryce is back from his exciting life in Kauai and back in business in Hermosa Beach.  he was painting the outside of his new (old if you know his story) shop. he hopes to open his new card shop called Curious around the first of May.  i am sure he and the store will do well. 

old friends

Happy Birthday to two of my oldest friends.  and by oldest, i mean friends i have known the longest not necessarily the ones who have celebrated the most birthdays but perhaps...

Happy Birthday to Peggy and Anita.

no rain today.  it did rain again last night around midnite but i can only see blue sky and white puffy clouds from my window.  

here is another photo or two from yesterday at Hermosa Beach and on my walk home.